Conference Programme
A place where stories, data, and immersive technologies meet .
15 October 2022, The Great Hall, King’s College London
You can watch the video of the conference here.
09:30 – 10:00 Registration & Coffee*
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Event Compere: Professor Graeme Earl - Professor of Digital Humanities & Vice Dean of
External Relations, King’s College London
10:10 – 10:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “History refreshed by technology”
Amanda Murphy — Senior Executive Producer for StoryFutures Academy
10:30 – 11:15 Panel A – “THE STORY SO FAR: What is the Digital Public Realm?”
Chair: Professor Graeme Earl
Mark Coté - Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, King’s College London
Elena Simperl - Professor of Computer Science, King’s College London
Luis Felipe Abbud — Researcher, University of Sao Paulo / Design Co-ordinator, The City
Needs You Institute (Sao Paulo)
Madeline Bates — Programme Manager, Story Trails
Ramiro Levy — Place Shaping Principal, Westminster City Council
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee*
11:30 – 11:50 Presentation A - “3D time lapse scanning in building place-based applications”
William Trossell - Co-founder and Director of ScanLAB Projects
11:50 – 12:10 Presentation B - “Extended memory to extend reality: how we can use XR technology to
amplify the power of memory”
Nick Barratt - Director of Learner and Discovery Service, The Open University
12:10 – 12:30 Presentation C - “Augmenting design: extending experience of the design process with
Glaucon, an experiential collaborative XR toolset”
Adam Davis and Zehao Qin — Foster + Partners
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch*
Students Showcase: Displays by students and external partners in various media
Curated by Michael Trapp - Professor of Greek Literature and Thought, King’s College
London
Hannah Stamp - "Building an Archiverse: When Minecraft meets Contemporary
Collecting". It will look at the East Riding Blockdown project where under-16s add their
stories to East Riding history via the Archiverse world.
13:30 – 14:00 PROTOTYPE LAUNCH – “THE STORIES SO FAR: Windows on History”
King’s College London Corner Shop (Michael Trapp, King’s College London)
Aldwych & Strand (Robert Morgan, founder of Playlines)
Blackfriars and the First Folio (Tam McDonald, CEO of Cradle of English)
14:00 – 14:45 BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS
Workshop A: “Building and future-proofing digital infrastructure”
• Moderator: Robert Morgan
• Facilitator: Elliott Hall - Senior Software Engineer, King’s Digital Lab
Workshop B: “Data and its best fit in the business of place-making”
• Moderator: Geoff Browell - Head of Archives and Research Collections,
King’s College London
• Facilitator: Tim Hitchcock - Professor Emeritus of Digital History, University of Sussex
Workshop C: “Experience of place-making – linking the physical and digital”
• Moderator: Michael Trapp
• Facilitators: Canon Peter Babington - St Mary le Strand
Dominique Bouchard - Head of learning and interpretation,
English Heritage
Workshop D: “What are the opportunities and challenges of AI in the heritage
space?”
• Moderator: TBA
• Facilitators: Elisabetta Gomelino, Maria Garcia-Abadillo (Barker Langham)
14:45 – 15:30 PLENARY FEEDBACK ON WORKSHOPS — Workshop facilitators and audience Q&A
Moderator: Professor Graeme Earl
15:30 – 16:00 Tea break and networking*
16:00 – 16:45 Panel B – “SEEDING THE UNICORN: What is the future for immersive heritage?”
Chair: Tam McDonald
Dominique Bouchard - Head of Learning and Interpretation at English Heritage
Brian Schwab - Director of Interactive Tech and Creative teams, LEGO
Geoff Browell - Head of Archives and Research Collections, King’s College London
Massimiliano Sulpizi - Founder and CEO of EquityMatch, global investment platform
16:45 – 17:00 SUMMARY & CLOSING REMARKS
Professor Graeme Earl
*Basic refreshments and lunch will be provided to registered attendees.